The Advent of the Fatimids
Subtitle: A Contemporary Shi'i Witness (Ismaili Texts and Translations)
Contributors: Wilfred Madelung (Editor); Paul E. Walker (Editor)
Edition: Bilingual edition
Publisher: Institute for Ismaili Studies
Published: November 17, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781860647734
Subjects: African history; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Islamic studies; Political activism; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History - General History; History; History: World; ASIA; North Africa; General; History / Middle East
First sentence: As the defeated Aghlabid state collapsed, its last ruler fled ignominiously in the direction of Egypt.